Zimra official in nasty tiff with tax whistleblower

AN acrimonious fight between a top Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and a whistleblower has reportedly prejudiced the country of millions of dollars with the former allegedly slashing amounts owed by defaulting companies in order to fix the latter while depriving the fiscus of the much-needed revenue.

The fight has also exposed corruption within Zimra, despite spirited efforts by the government tax collector to curb the scourge that saw top officials including former Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi being shown the exit over a vehicle scandal.

According to documents gleaned by NewsDay, Charles Jaure, a Zimra commissioner responsible for investigation, in 2017 allegedly demanded a bribe from a whistleblower to expedite payments after a tip-off on a NetOne tax evasion scam in 2015.

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